Jack held her up as she fell and kept her stable. He didn't say anything as he could kind of tell why she had tripped. She had stopped laughing right before it and he had worked out that she had stopped herself for a reason. Zero.

"It's because you're not concentrating." He said seriously. "Concentrate." He pushed, holding out his arms again and beginning humming. "Now, as I was saying, I am such an amazing dancer..." He drifted off, humming again.

Bella rolled her eyes, but she had to admit, he was a pretty good dancer, well much better than her anyway. "Yes, you are a faaabulous dancer." she said, figuring it would do no harm to build up his ego.

She listened to him humming as she tried to concentrate. She had already broken her arm, no need for more injuries today, "What is that you are humming anyway?" she asked, not recognizing it.

Alex laughed a little hysterical, "WHY would I lie? you think I am jelous of a married teacher? I hope your dellusions keep you warm at night."

Alex became sollem again, "John told me." he stated, "And showed me the memory of Kellein in the hopsital telling him what happened and what was said before she died from the massive trama. Penasives can't lie. So unless there is another Armand Erickson out there, I do know he was there. Or are you calling Kellein a liar on her death bed? becuase I would love to what you think her reasons for lying are."

"Why, thankyou." He grinned, but after she asked what he was humming he stopped doing so immediately. His dancing slowed as he thought about the song.

"I don't know really." He frowned as he concentrated, burrowing through his memory for the song. "Just a song."

He kept dancing trying to forget the song but suddenly he remembered. "Oh..." He didn't want to tell her anymore. It was kind of embarassing.

Zero could sense her wherever she went, but then again, dealing with this situation, he couldn't just let it falter. He silently, but swiftly, walked out from behind the trees and ever so slightly tapped on Jacks shoulder. And did this young lad ask to dance with his Bella. Nope.

"Mind if I cut in?" He said with his crisp French accent. He didn't want this guy trying to hit on his Bella.

Bella wrinkled her nose as she fought the urge to roll her eyes, why did he never want to tell her anything? It seemed she had to pull everything out of him. She wasn't used to such elusive boys, Zero told her what she wanted to know, why wouldn't Jack?

"Come on." She pushed with a smirk. "You know you can tell me anything and I will only tease you a little." She really wouldn't tease him though, he knew that.

Erikson made his way back into the student gardens. Due to the students there before, he was unable to inspect them as he had wanted. He caught sight of Alex before Cassandra and turned away. Instead he decided to inspect the trees on the far side of the gardens from them.

She stepped back from him, staring, her eyes full of tears... "I have no dellusions!" she said firmly. Her heart was now stuck in her throat.

"What was I thinking?" she said looking down and then back to him. "We can never be friends, can we?" She backed away a little more. "And for your information... you can alter memories!" She didn't like John... especially not now...

Jack was about to tell Bella how he knew the song but then he felt a tap on his shoulder and the voice of Zero in his ear. Oh no.

He quickly dropped Bella's hands and spun around on the spot. Now face to face with the very person he hadn't wanted to see at that moment.

"Sure. Go ahead." He hastened to say. He didn't want to cause any trouble. Jack quickly stepped out of the way of Zero.

Bella felt really bad really fast.

She knew that Zero hadn't had very good luck with girls, and the last thing she wanted to do was hurt him.

But honestly, it wasn't like she was kissing Jack, they were still friends. It wouldn't be fair of him to ask her to give up her friends would it?

"Hey." she said, smiling as she looked up at Zero, "I don't think you have met my friend Jack." she said, wrinkling her nose as soon as she said it, maybe this was not the best time.

Alex kind of rocked back, like he had been pushed, "I wish I could be as blindly faithful..." he paused for a moment shaking his head, "What am I am saying...I have been... to you. I pity you." Alex to walk away, "Guess your right Xana is wrong a lot. She said we should get back together and I was fool enough to listen." Tears feel unheeded from his eyes, "你絕不可能長大和對那我叫喊。"

OOC:i will change that to translated chinese when Zellana gets home. It says: You will never grow up and for that I weep.

He glanced about his garden, noting the other students. This seemed like rather a place for confrontation today. He slowly worked toward where Cassandra and Alex were... unfortunately. As much as there was a good deal of discussion that he did not want to have with the boy, and possibily Cassandra, the plants needed to come first.

Zero faked a smile and wrapped an arm around Bella, kind of marking his territory, but not in that kind of way. If he was really going to mark his territory, that involved biting and yeah, none of that or he was gone from this school. "Ah, it is a pleasure to meet your friend, dear. I'm Zero, the boyfriend," he mentioned to the boy, Jack.

"I was looking for you, going to ask if you wanted to have a swim," he pleasantly smiled, trying to act casual, as if this hasn't happened with him before. First Lyra. Hopefully this wouldn't happen with Bella to. If not, he was going to have to bear fangs at a lad.

"Her again! It's always HER! With you, with him, with the school!" Tears were now streaming down her face, "Is she so perfect? Am I so flawed? SPEAK ENGLISH FOR MERLIN'S SAKE!!!" She screamed after him. She drew her wand and pointed at him "Locomotormortis!" She said attemptin to halt his movement.

"Do NOT walk away from me! You won't!" She fell to her knees and cried into her hands... why did she stop him... she didn't know what else to say... what else to do...

Suddenly there was screaming. He turned to see Cassandra casting at Alex. He should be taking points. He should be giving her detention. Of course, he shouldn't be obliviating students either. He rushed over instead, rather concerned. "Cassandra! What is the meaning of this?!"

Alex fell over into the pathway, rolled over and sat up. "You dare cast on me?" The grey eyes slid into place as the ager in his face smoothed to nothingness. "Langlock!" He cast at Cassandra. He removed to the leg lock curse and stood up. "What the frell are you talking about. Xana is a friend, nobody is perfect and I love YOU! and you would know that if you grew up, opened your eyes and got over this insecure garbage"

Alex spun hearing Ericksons voice, "YOU!!" His voice dripped venom and pain even while his face stayed expessionless. Alex's hand clenched his wand tightly, his knuckles whitening. "The anger I bear thee can aford no better term than this. Thou art a Villian." Alex spit at his feet.

She looked up at Erikson, tears now flowing, no end in sight, no voice to speak with. She turned and saw Alex's wand in hand, his knuckles going white. She stood and placed herself in front of Erikson... to protect Alex, not the professor. As good as Alex was, he would never win in a duel with Erikson... let Alex think what he may.

Granted Cassandra being 5'4 and Erikson over a foot taller, she didn't cover much of him...

"Et tu Cassandra?" He sneered, "Now who is protecting those that deserve it."

With a flick of his wrist his wand was drawn, though he didn't yet aim it at the boy. He moved Cassandra aside gently. "'The reason that I have to love thee doth much excuse the appertaining rage to such a greeting: villain am I none. I see thou know'st me not.' And thus, you make interesting quotes, dear boy, that Romeo had been so innocent. The circumstances aren't much different either. And I swear to you that there was nothing I could do to save her."

"Professor, this shall not excuse the injuries that thou hast done me; therefore turn and draw." Alex fell into the fencing pose. "Because of you and the game. i have lost my mother, again, two sisters I will never know and now most likely the women i would have liked to marry...Tell me what I have left."

"'I do protest, I never injured thee, but love thee better than thou canst devise, till thou shalt know the reason of my love: And so, good Loressith,--which name I tender as dearly as my own,--be satisfied.' I have no more choice in The Game than Kellein did. What happened was unfortunate, but no one saw it coming. It was Valentine's Day. I was sharing it with a close friend, since neither had a beloved there. The next thing I knew we had invading vampires and there were screams from the hospital. I didn't know she was even there until I was already caught in the Devil's Trap."

Cassandra stared wide eyed at her professor. So he had been there... So What! He would have stopped it if he could have! It wasn't for entertainment! But she couldn't say a word... her tongue was still tied.

"Now, Erickson, I say thee are a villain again; for Kellein's soul is but a little way above our heads,staying for thine to keep her company:either thou, or I, or both, must go with her." Alex began to sob and slowly collapsed to the ground, "Either thou,...or I,...or both. Must go with her."

"Our Romeo now?" he said quietly. "Goya is the one that must pay for this. And Thanatos for sending him. If you take me out, if you even try, you play into The Game and make worse the efforts Slade and I have made to stop it. There are too many players that the ending of any of those in this mess will not stop it. And if you play a piece once in Thanatos's game, you will be in it until she is gone. 'Gentle Alexander, put thy wand up.' Allow me to continue in my efforts and keep you and your kin away from me until this is ended. Lest Kellein's death be truly in vain."

"So then you admit if you hadn't been there Kellein would still live." He looked him straight in the eyes. The mask slid away, but he did not put up his wand.